Ready One Industries, Inc., F/K/A National Center for the Employment of the Disabled v. Robert E. Jones Individually and Robert E. Jones as Trustee of Jones Family Trust

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 13, 2007
• Docket: 08-07-00259-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

READYONE INDUSTRIES, INC. f/k/a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OF THE DISABLED, Appellant, v. ROBERT E. JONES, Individually, and ROBERT E. JONES, As Trustee Of JONES FAMILY TRUST, Appellee.

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No. 08-07-00259-CV Appeal from the 210th District Court of El Paso County, Texas (TC# 2007-4093)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This appeal arises from an action for temporary injunctive relief filed by Appellee, Robert E. Jones, individually, and as Trustee of Jones Family Trust, against Appellant, ReadyOne Industries, Inc. ("ReadyOne"). On September 12, 2007, the trial court granted Jones's request for injunctive relief against ReadyOne, in part, enjoining ReadyOne from proceeding with writs of execution issued against certain real estate owned by Jones. ReadyOne filed its notice of appeal on the day after the order was issued. While this appeal was pending, Jones non-suited ReadyOne.

Pending before the Court is Appellant's unopposed motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(a)(1). In the record before us, we have the trial court's signed order non-suiting ReadyOne, dismissing the underlying action without prejudice, and dissolving the temporary injunction. When the judgment of this Court can have no effect on an existing controversy, a case becomes moot. Restrepo v. First Nat'l Bank of Dona Ana County, N.M., 888 S.W.2d 606, 607 (Tex.App.--El Paso 1994, no writ). Due to the non-suit, a judgment of this Court can have no effect, because there is no longer a controversy. See Restrepo, 888 S.W.2d at 607. We therefore grant Appellant's motion and dismiss the appeal as moot. Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(a)(1); Restrepo, 888 S.W.2d at 607. Costs are taxed against Appellant. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(d)(absent agreement by the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant).

December 13, 2007

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Chief Justice

Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Carr, JJ.